THE ART OF MILLARWORLD Gives Artists Their Due

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Jennifer de Guzman

Hardbound book features art of Mark Millar’s collaborators

In his twenty-five year career in the comic book industry, writer Mark Millar has worked with many of the medium’s top artists, both in his work for DC and Marvel and, most importantly to him, his creator-owned work. Now, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his independent work, he is giving those artists the spotlight in the hardbound book ART OF MILLARWORLD, coming from Image Comics in April. The book will also be released in a special edition signed and numbered by Millar (limited to 250 copies) at the same time.

Millar has become known in the comics industry for splitting ownership of properties 50-50 with the artists he works with, emphasizing that shared risk should mean shared ownership.

“Every time we put a new book out there we’re a bunch of creators working from our spare bedrooms up against massive multi-billion dollar corporations in New York and Burbank with every advantage that comes with those deep pockets,” Millar writes in the introduction to ART OF MILLARWORLD. “Guys like Dave Gibbons or Frank Quitely could draw any book they want at Marvel or DC, so it’s actually very humbling for them to put their trust in me and devote a year or two of their lives to something that’s only previously existed on my scattered notepads.”

THE ART OF MILLARWORLD will be in comic book stores on April 9 and in bookstores on April 22. Image Comics is currently publishing the Millar-penned titles JUPITER’S LEGACY, STARLIGHT, and MPH, the title that kicks off a new Millarworld Universe with its first issue on May 21, 2014.